i am congresswoman jan schakowsky and i represent a district, a very diverse district in illinois, diverse in every way. economically, certainly by race and ethnicity, and i think in many ways a microcosm of the country. i know that we're getting a lot of calls from our constituents. the calls that i'm getting are reaffirmed by a poll that i saw on tuesday in our national journal daily on page 6 that says -- it says, poll, entitlement cuts feared most in cliff talks. and it goes like this. as president obama and congressional leaders race to avert the fiscal cliff, americans remain concerned that whatever budget deal they strike will cut too much from medicare and social security, according to the poll. more of the americans surveyed are worried about such cutbacks than seeing their tax bills rise, the latest united technologies national journal congressional connection poll has found. and i was looking at who was involved in the poll, and in total 35% of americans worry it will cut too much from government programs like medicare and social security. 27%, that's eight points less, that it